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   envenom

   /ɪnˈvɛnəm/

   verb

   • 1. put poison on or into; make poisonous: literary "the blades were envenomed with a fatal poison for which there is no antidote" Similar poisonadd poison tospikelacecontaminateembittermake bittersourpoisonmake rancorousjaundicecolourtaintangeraggravateantagonizeOpposite sweeten
   • ▪ infuse with hostility or bitterness: literary "tribal rivalries envenom the bitter civil war"

   Word Origin Middle English (formerly also as invenom): from Old French envenimer, from en- ‘in’ + venim ‘venom’.

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